Baseball Preview: Tarboro Vikings vs. Gates County Red Barons
Tarboro is 1-7 against Gates County since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Tarboro Vikings will head out on the road to challenge the Gates County Red Barons at 6:00 p.m. Tarboro is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8 runs per game this season.
Last Thursday, Tarboro didn't have quite enough to beat Martin County and fell 2-1. Tarboro has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Tarboro saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Camden Matthews, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Gates County sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 victory over Perquimans on Friday.
Tarboro's loss dropped their record down to 9-11. As for Gates County, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season.
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